Coming to terms with reality........

by Furstreak


Chapter 14

"Finally!" Twilight sighed in relief as she trotted away from Zecoras hut in the Everfree Forest. A small saddlebag at her side as she happily trotted along.

"I was beginning to think that crazy Zebra would never get those rare herbs I asked for, much less finish this little potion I asked her for." She giggled with a hint of insanity behind it.

As the lavender unicorn trotted along, she pulled the potion from her saddle bag and floated it to in front of her as she looked it over once again. Swirling the contents around, she gave a sly grin as she placed it once again into her saddlebag.

"A love potion never really hurt anypony. Well, except the love poison that the crusaders made that cause Cheerilee and Big Macintosh to go insane with love for one another. I can't recall if they ever moved that house back to where it was though." She hummed to herself as she finally exited the forest and continued along its path past Fluttershys, and then onto her desired target.

"Yes!" The lavender unicorn danced a little jig just a stones throw from Kamis house. "Now it's time for a little morning visit. I wonder if he minds having me over for breakfast?" She hummed to herself as she trotted up to the door. She paused though as she could hear talking inside the house.

"You shouldn't beat yerself up so much sugarcube. That breakfast wasn't that bad." AJ chuckled as she watched Kami grumble as he scraped what was left of the eggs he had cooked, and unceremoniously burned to a crisp, from the skillet that was being held within his magical grasp.

"Yea yea, keep trying teh butter me up love. It ain't gonna help you anymore than what you pulled last night you lil sneak." He laughed. "And I thought I was sneaky at times. I underestimated you my dear." He smirked as he placed the skillet into the sink and trotted over, giving the farmer a kiss.

At that moment, Twilight was gawking so hard that her jaw was resting at her hooves. She had been peeking into the window the whole time and watched the kiss play out. As she pulled back from the window, she gave a low growl as tears began to well up in her eyes, just before she galloped off toward town.

"That dirty.... EARTH PONY!" She yelled out when she was out of hearing distance from the small house. The words finding themselves on only her ears as she raced back home crying.

"Did you hear that?" Kami asked as his ears swiveled toward the window.

"Ah didn't here nothing." She smiled seductively, pulling him closer. "I think ya'll should come back to the farm with me. I'm sure Granny Smith could teach ya a few things about cooking." She smirked seeing him roll his eyes.

"You are nothing but a tease." He scoffed as he licked her eye, making her let go and take a few steps back as she rubbed the saliva from her face.

"Ewww, ya'll ain't right!" She chuckled. "Then again, ah ain't never met nopony like ya before. So this could be normal fer an alien." She continued laughing as the blue unicorn let out a groan.

"I could always lick the other one, make them a matching pair." He laughed, playfully taking on an aggressive stance while swinging his tail back and forth. This only making AJ laugh as she did the same.

"Ha! Ya'll think you kin wrestle an earth pony an win? Awright, ah'll bite." She grinned. "You pin me, an ah'll be yer slave fer the day, I pin you, you get teh be mine. No using magic or outside sources. Just muscle." She laughed getting down into the same position as Kami.

"Oh? Slave for a day huh? That sounds tempting. But I think I'll pass." He smirked, getting back into his normal stance.

"Why? Ya'll afraid yer gonna get beat by a mare? Come on, show me how much of a stallion ya are!" She picked, causing him to give her a glare as he got back down into his aggressive stance.

"Bring it!" He grinned, only to gasp as the farmer bolted at him, he dodging to the side just as she ran into the other room and crashed into the bed.

"Ahm ok!" She yelled back as she came back into the other room. "Maybe we should go outside, ah don't think yer house is ready for a bronco busting party." She snickered.

As the two made their way outside. They got back into position and began their play fighting wrestle match. Each trying their best to get the upper hoof on the other. It had taken almost an hour, but Kami had been worn down to exhaustion as the farmer finally managed to pin him to the ground.

"You *huff* can't *huff* have won! *huff* Best two *huff* out of *huff* three?" He smiled sheepishly just before she sat down on his chest, holding him to the cool ground.

"Shew, an here ah thought ya'll would be a good fight." She grinned seeing him furrow his brow. "Aw come on now, ya'll put up a good fight, but unicorns ain't built for all this physical stuff. Ain't got much dexterity, ya know?" She chuckled.

"If I could use my magic, and if I knew enough spells, I could probably wrestle the entire Apple Family and win." He laughed back.

"Sure ya could killer." she chuckled as she jumped from his chest to his side, helping him to his hooves. "Ah wouldn't mind seeing ya wrestle mah brother. Ah bet ya might be able teh take him." She smirked.

"Take him? But he's like, as big as me?" He cocked a brow toward the orange pony giving a questionable glance.

"Bah, he may be 'bout yer size, but he's a push over. Anytime we get teh wrestlin, ah always win." She snickered. "He's just a big softy."

"Uh huh, and next you're going to tell me that Applebloom can beat him as well." He snickered only to see her give a sheepish smile. "Ok, now I know he's putting on a face for you two. He must really love you two in order to be such a softy." He smiled warmly to her. "That or he's a big wimp." He snickered, causing AJ to chuckle.

"Probly the first one. Ah know he has a long fuse 'cause ah've seen'im fight other stallions before. But that was just fightin, not wrestling."

"Anyway, I think I should head into town and start looking for a job. I've already procrastinated more than usual, and I know I won't survive long if I don't at least work a little. The only problem is finding a job that I can do with my limited talents." He groaned.

"Well, how about you go teh Twilights and grab a couple spell books instead. Then you can add a few more to yer list of spells ya know which can give ya a bit more area fer work experience." The farmer stated with a nod, knowing from experience from her two best unicorn friends, that you could never have enough spells in your current list. It had been quite a few times that the farmer had asked either of the unicorns for some assistance on the farm that only a unicorn, or abnormally strong earth pony could do, that needed to be done. Now however, she may not need their assistance anymore, if only she could capture this stallions interest fully.

"Yea, I need to go and see when she'd like to go out as well." He stated for a second before seeing the farmer give him a slight glare. "Hey, don't give me that look, you already agreed I could do this, and besides, you might not have anything to worry about anymore anyway. You have quite a lead on Twilight as it is." He grinned. "So watch it, those glares might just take some points off your total." He snickered seeing her roll her eyes.

The young apple farmer chuckled, as she turned, heading back to her home on Sweet Apple Acres. She looked back over her shoulder, smiling as she spoke up and watched the stallions eyes as she swayed her hips a little.

"Uh huh, yer just lucky ahm not gettin all bent outta shape cause ya'll keep ooglin mah flank."

Kamis attention snapped up to the farmers eyes, a blush covering his face as he sputtered.

"W-what?! I wasn't staring!?" He choked out.

"Yea, an ya'll say ahm a bad liar." She grinned seeing his brow furrow a little.

"Alright, fine, I was staring! But can you blame a guy? I mean..... DAMN! With you walking off like that?! It hurts a guy, in a good way." He grinned seeing her face flush a bright red. "I'm tempted just to tell Twilight you've won."

At that, AJ turned back to Kami and slowly sauntered up to him. Pressing the her lips toward his ear as she began to whisper softly into his ear. The entire time his eyes growing wider and his mouth slowly falling open and toward the ground. She pulled back with a sultry gaze and a full blush as she began.

"An that's jes the beginning sugarcube. Imagine if'n ya'll were my stallion fer life. I'd make sure ya'll'd be happy all the time." She giggled softly kissing his nose only to make him blush.

"Bu.....hezza....." He sputtered out, trying to form a sentence.

The apple farmer turned quietly and headed back toward her destination, a little skip in her steps as she went, leaving a stunned stallion in her wake. "Ah do believe I have that stallion hooked." She grinned. "Now it's time teh reel'im in." As she went along she looked back to see the stallion still staring at her in shock as she swayed her hips once again, watching his eyes follow each step she took. That was of course until she flicked her tail a little further to the side than she normally would, this causing the stallion to fall over while turning a blistering red.

"Eeyup, still got it." Applejack hummed happily to herself as she trotted along.

XXX

"Oh God.... I can't believe I am even thinking about going back to the library after what AJ just pulled. I mean.... I wasn't into ponies when I was human, but... DAMN! I can't believe she did that!? She must really be looking for a long term relationship if she is willing to pull out so many stops. I bet I could even...." He paused thinking of what she had whispered to him earlier, his face starting to burn a soft pink. "Yea, no doubt about it. I could get laid today if I wanted." He chuckled. "But... I still want to see how Twilight is doing and give her a chance. She may be a little over zealous and quick to anger, but AJ seems to be a little hot headed too. I guess the prospect of finding a mate versus fellow female competition is what causes it." He groaned. "Then again, animal instincts, ya know?" He laughed, shaking his head as he came up to the library door and gave it a couple quick knocks.

"The library is open." Came a cheerful voice from inside.

The unicorn made his way inside, closing the door behind him as he went. Taking a look around, he noticed that the library had been picked up quite a bit since his last visit. The shelves had been organized and filled to the brim with literature, while also being thoroughly cleaned. The floors had been mopped and polished to a sparkling mirror reflection, and to top it all off, the unicorn began to drool slightly as he looked upon a the horsehead bust table that sat within the middle of the room, holding a sign that said 'new arrivals' on it. Books stacked ten high and in various other stacks surrounding the table as well.

Twilight on the other hoof, had her nose in one of those said books as she trotted around the corner and into the room. Lowering her book, she couldn't help but give a slightly evil grin upon seeing the stallion that was meant for her, floating one of each of the various books to in front of him from the little island table.

"I see you found the new stock." She chirped happily as she trotted over to him, placing the book she had been reading down onto the appropriate stack.

"Yep!" He hummed happily as he began to read over the titles and backs of each book to see what the contents held.

Twilight couldn't help but giggle softly upon seeing the stallions tail wagging behind him just like a puppy that had just gotten a new toy to play with. "You know, we also sell books as well. So if you wanted to purchase one of these little darlings." Twilight grinned as she waved a book teasingly in front of the stallion, his eyes following every move it made until it stopped in front of the lavender mare before vanishing as it was teleported away. "I could sell you one if you'd like." She purred.

Kami smiled warmly to her as he picked up one of the books before speaking.

"Now why would I want to purchase a book?" He began, causing her to pout. "Because if I did that, I wouldn't have another reason to come back by the library to see you." He chuckled softly seeing her erupt in a blush.

"W-well.... that would be a terrible waste now w-wouldn't it." She sputtered softly, feeling her cheeks burning softly from what she had just heard.

"Yes, it would." He hummed. "Anyway love, I came by to talk to you about letting me check out a few spell books." Twilight smiled widely upon hearing this, knowing how much she enjoyed magic, she knew that this stallion would certainly love every bit of it as much as she does.

"Wonderful! I have quite a few books here that you should read." She began, only to pause as he picked up once again.

"I need them on spells that I could use to aid m in my future employment. AJ told me that I should broaden my list of spells in order to find a job best suited for me. Do you have anything in regards to that?"

Twilight gave him a slightly annoyed look as her horn lit up, pulling several books from the shelf and floating them over to him. Once he had obtained the books he quickly trotted over to an empty spot in the library and began to read them.

"I think it's time for my little plan to take action." Twilight hummed softly to herself as she turned, heading back into the kitchen. After several minutes, she trotted back out into the room with a small tray of cupcakes and some fancy looking pink lemonade resting within a single cup.

Trotting over to the stallion, she took a seat next to him as he continued reading further into the spell books. Setting the small tray down next to the stallion, she gave him a little nudge to garner his attention.

"I made some cupcakes and lemonade. Would you like some?" She smiled.

Pulling his nose from the book he was reading he gave a smile back to her as he looked down to see some mouth watering cupcakes, and the most awesome pink lemonade he had ever seen. It even had a little slice of lemon on the edge of the glass.

"Twilight must be trying to suck up. I guess I could let her." He snickered to himself. "I wonder what she is going to try and pull to get back in the game." He smiled warmly to her as his magic to a hold of a cupcake and the glass of lemonade. Levitating them up to his mouth as he took a bite of the sweet confectionery and then a large gulp of the pink liquid.

As the lemonade rolled over his tongue and down his throat, he could feel a slight tingling sensation, but brushed it aside as he finished the glass off, letting the sensation linger further down his throat and into his body. After a few seconds his whole body felt a little lighter than normal, and happy. That was of course until he turned his vision back to the mare at his side and he was hit harder than a wrecking ball taking out a flimsy ass wall.

"Kami? Are you ok.......!?" She paused as his lips met hers as he pulled her into a deep kiss.

"Wow! That potion worked out better than I had hoped it would!" Twilight tittered to herself as she wrapped her hooves around the stallions neck, pulling him closer to her. "I think I may have just won this little contest after-all." She thought to herself as the two continued kissing passionately.